More Than Ordinary by Hattie Felton

The first complete catalog of work by Missouri’s earliest female artist provides a singular look at territorial life in the early nineteenth century.
 
Anna Maria von Phul (1786–1823) was the earliest-known female artist working in what was then called the Missouri Territory. Born in Philadelphia and raised largely in Kentucky, she spent her last half-decade in and around St. Louis. Though von Phul never considered herself a professional artist, her sketches and watercolors provide a singular window into the early-nineteenth-century lower Midwest.

Paperback | 144 pages | 163 color plates | 9 x 11 | © 2021